Leaving Swiss from Spiez, we take the overnight train to Florence, Italy. Pisa is just a 1 hour ride from this Florence(Firenze).
We made it a point to include Italy in our itenary. Having come this far, we had to see the pages of history coming to life. We trimmed the list only to include the most famous of all, and the "The Leaning Tower" as we know it, is definetly on the list. '
We then take the local bus to the Cathedral Square in Pisa(Piazza dei Miracoli ). As we walk inside the square, the collection of monuments start to show up one by one. There is the tower, beautifully inclined, just like we have seen in it in numerous of photographs. It was smaller than I had expected, but more beautiful and dimensional than in pictures. The gap between the pillars of the tower are so perfectly proportioned and the pillars just pop right-out.
We then took our customary photos, faking to hold the tower straight. It was so funny, when 1000's of others nearby were trying to do exactly the same :) . After taking a dozen shots, we sat on the cold marble slabs nearby. admiring the pure whiteness of the monuments rising over the lush green lawns.
There is a cathedral, baptistery and a museum included in the square. The visit wouldn't have been complete if we didn’t climb it. So climb did we, all of the 8 stories,300 steep steps until the top. The marble steps inside are so slippery and stamped with ages of time, people climbing up and down.
With the climb down, we bid bye to the "The leaning tower" . For more on why the tower leaned, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa
We made it a point to include Italy in our itenary. Having come this far, we had to see the pages of history coming to life. We trimmed the list only to include the most famous of all, and the "The Leaning Tower" as we know it, is definetly on the list. '
We then take the local bus to the Cathedral Square in Pisa(Piazza dei Miracoli ). As we walk inside the square, the collection of monuments start to show up one by one. There is the tower, beautifully inclined, just like we have seen in it in numerous of photographs. It was smaller than I had expected, but more beautiful and dimensional than in pictures. The gap between the pillars of the tower are so perfectly proportioned and the pillars just pop right-out.
We then took our customary photos, faking to hold the tower straight. It was so funny, when 1000's of others nearby were trying to do exactly the same :) . After taking a dozen shots, we sat on the cold marble slabs nearby. admiring the pure whiteness of the monuments rising over the lush green lawns.
There is a cathedral, baptistery and a museum included in the square. The visit wouldn't have been complete if we didn’t climb it. So climb did we, all of the 8 stories,300 steep steps until the top. The marble steps inside are so slippery and stamped with ages of time, people climbing up and down.
With the climb down, we bid bye to the "The leaning tower" . For more on why the tower leaned, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa
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